The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-05-12

FilIe Adsuss, h attracting astentio. Il, -
State. The people generally s,rourlv -.
appropriated By the Legislature Of . ,us.,.'.
sgp TO cause 10 b made thorough ,ur,..'.
IN setSses n correspondent Of The p.,.,,'
Neses. writing from Intesiachen, sau.
Dr.. Kost's Geological Report of F,o,;a.
given . strong desire on the part of thoss - -
have come here TO make Il their future ho,.s VIC
we'll . those who contenplate that stem 70 -
this vsvk % well begun by DR.. Kost 80
complete understand there Is now : I'm me, zoe
lore the legislature. with provisions for ~
ough geological survey. the result of ~.
would add more 10 the material interes,s ~ -
State than any other one thing. This ~o. %s
require competent geologist and chemis, Ia
. corps Of competent assistants, which woris
he instrumental By their thorough WORK ~
presentation thereof in an exhaustive rrro,, 40
bringing Thousands to develop the wealth of,s
State. The future nf Florida does no, 49, .s
primarily or mainly on the tourist. bot NM
revolution Of the capacities and adaptation m i.
soils DR.. Knss' geological report, bis erns
Renee 10 the last thirty yean In the Department.
Of geology and chemistry in Adrain Coliess'
proper person TO have charge Of this work ,,S
I hope the Legislature will act promptly /.
making provision for Thorough geological .,.
vey, and that in the above / voice the vishss ~
great numbers who are developing the mslersi
interests of the State.
.-Apalachicola Times: The schooner Gold.,
Age was in from the sponge reefs this werk
She had 401 punches Of very fine sheen Vol
sponge which were bought by r. Messins n,
$866.eO. There were seven in the crew. and
| each mans share was <74 70: vessels ara.
$242 90. Quite Q number OF our vessel, a.
getting.ready to tackle the sponge reefs. Dius.s
| are being repaired, hooks looked after. and
sosse Of general sctiviiy is among the feet
| The best OF authority states that Captain John
| +. Lealie, Of Tampa, associated with others h..
| purchased the Brash mill property situated here
and the company will proceed TO fix the mill IN
and put it to running-probably within ~.
next few months. The Tins suIbo,;,x
states that this b bona fds.
| 1Ocaia' Free Hrca:: Gen Finley and wifi
and their daughter, Mira Maggie Griffith. le6
yesterday for Gainesville. the General has
business before The Circuit Court now in session
in that city. Captain ]. D. Hollisier, formerly
| superintendent of the Florida Southern hs,
been appointed 10 the same position ON The
Ofange Belt Railway. The Captain is preut
railfoad manager and perfect gentleman. We
| wish him success. The capacity of the Deal,
Lime Works has been increased to seventy6ve
barrels per day, and the factory is working night
and day 10 fill orders, large portion OF which
| are fos parties in Ocala-
| -Titusville Star: Will Minis received IN.
| contract let by Lieut. Purcell for the govern
mensfor the erecting of telegraph poles from
This place 70 Jupiter, at 81 20 per pole for thir
| ty-fve hundred. Contract TO be completed in
| four months. Mr. Smith, Of Jacksonville. Of
the frm Of Tysen q Smith. has been on Indian
river looking up the route for . new steamer
| they propose to place on the river next season.
THIS firm intends to build very light draft
boat 1ew in every particular and speedy As
| well as combining light draft. We hope they
| Will meet with s0ccese-
Gainesville Adcocak: Rev. A. B. Curry
| pastor of the Presbyterian church in this civ
returned from Cedar Key Saturday, where be
has been assisting Rev. T. E Smith, the Presby.
terrain pastor in that city, in revival Their
work was blessed and fifty persons Joined the
chnseh. The tidal wave of christianity seems
tehsvs struck Florida. The special commit
| lee appointed by the chairman of the city coun-
Gil Tuesday night 70 consider o proposition for
the purchase of hook and ladder truck from
III. Connolly & Son. through their agent.
| Captain W. R Ogden, ordered on yesterday
hook and ladder truck for fire protection in this
city. The cost of the outfit, including two Bah
ceckSxrngushen, is $74O Now let US have
| : company organized at once. ... Mr.. Marcus
Endel returned Tuesday from q trip through
Maryland and Virginia, in pursuit of the two
thieves, Nathan and Simon, who robbed several
OF the merchants in this city to the tune of over
fheen hundred dollars- We are pleased TO say
that Mr.. Endel captured the parties, secured all
| the stoseH goods and got the expenses of his trip
besides- As he had no warrant for bringing the
parties 70 Florida. he told them to go and sin
no more"
Quincy Herald The editor of the Herald
lett for Columbus, Ga, as q delegate, TO attend
the Chattahoochee Valley River Improvement
Company Convention on yesterday. The
tobacco crop promises finely. Lsok well TO it.
farmers, fer you are contrasting for q grand lu-
ture, Misses Matte Dickson, Emma Quarter.
man, Mary Love, and Masters James
received the maximum mark, at the Quincy
Academy, for the last month The school
average was o.. Very thorough educa-
tieual work b going on al the Academy. The
poppy grows 10 perfection on our coil. Dr.
Winthrop, Of Titusvills. says, that the poorest
Florida lands, untitled for anything else, by the
proper cultivation OF this plant for the purpose
ofYootaiMnS opium. will yield u net profit Of
tl,00 PR acre He has improved the methsd
of securing the morphia in the plant getting q
greater yield by several hundred per cent
Live Oak Bulletin "A great revival of religion
has eeen going on in Live Oak for the last len
| or Twelve days. Il was commenced under the
| auspices of Rev. j. B. Culpepper, who could
stay no longer than last Tuesday, having An sp-
pointment in Ocala. The meeting is being con-
tfnued. however, by the local ministers and has
lost none Of it's interest. There has been between
seventy and eighty accessions to the church.
some Of whom were considered the hardest
casea Ar. Culpepper promised to be back next
Tuesday, and II b tho determination to prosract
the meeting until thai time. The infant child
Of Mayor T. N. jenkins, Of Seville. was Left for
q short time with another child, five years old
The latter got hold of bottle of paregoric and
poured quite q quantity in the baby's mouth,
which 1t swallowed. and death resulted in
srOpk public domain. a. the President says
"ShSuA pssmiss Amisless development and
riches, relief to our crowding population ana
homes TO thrift and industry" HIS letter Is
another wholesome guarantee that this promise
will bersalissd through the continuance in pow
er ef the party which has thus far grandly VIM
dikatrf fa rfAsv tn 10 the no rfv nf the naODe as